Curt Cignetti holds up the College Football Playoff championship trophy with players around him and confetti falling

Curt Cignetti is the new No. 1 coach for Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel. What do you think? Jamie Squire / Getty Images

By The Athletic College Football Staff

March 12, 2026

Bruce Feldman and Stewart Mandel published their annual Top 25 college football coach rankings for 2026 on Thursday morning, both vaulting Indiana’s Curt Cignetti to No. 1. Did they get it right? And how do you feel about how your favorite team’s coach is doing?

Let us know your feelings using the survey below, and we’ll post the resulting readers’ best coaches and approval ratings at The Athletic later this month.

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